Cooking-stove.



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HARRY S. CLEVELAND, OF FARIBAULT,`MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES Il.` RODENBACH, OF CEDAR FALLS, IOWA.

COOKING-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application led July 1, 1908. j Serial No. 441,482.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. CLEVELAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Faribault, in the county of Rice and State of Minnesota, have invented certain newl and useful Improvements in Cooking-Stoves, .of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cooking stoves or ranges, and has special relation to the type of stoves or ranges such as is shown and described in my co-pending application Serial No. 423,329, filed March 26th, 1908. In said co-pending application I have described and claimed a novel arrangement of war1ning closets for the stove or range which utilizes the heretofore waste spaces, and the present application has for its principal object to provide means which will readily facilitate the use of said closets so that access to the contents thereof may be had for inspection, removal, &c.

` In carrying out'the object generally stated above, it is contemplated preserving the same arrangement of closets, relative to the stove pipe, fire chamber and the usual baking oven, but instead of making said closets of the partitioned, rotary type, it is proposed mounting them in such a manner that they may be slid out from the stove when access is to be had thereto.

In the practical application of the invention, it will of course be understood that changes in structural arrangements and details may be resorted to, but a preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichg' Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cooking stove or range showing the general arrangement of the warmingclosets. Fig. 2 is a sectional view `of the saine takenV on the line 2-2. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 2,. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on line 4-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modified form of closet.V

Fig. 6 is a detail view of a form of cooking vessel specially adapted for use in connection with the present invention.

Like characters of reference refer to corresponding parts.

In the accompanying drawings a stove or range has been shown which is of the same general type as shown in my aforesaid copendin application, provided with the two glosets 10-11, one being on each side of the smoke pipe 12. The stove or range proper 13 has the usual fire compartment 14 at one side thereof, the central baking oven 15 adjoining the iire compartment 14, a warming closet 16 immediately below the baking oven 15, a water reservoir 17 adjoining the baking oven, and a warming oven 18 immediately below the said water reservoir 17.

It is to be understood at the outset that each closet is of the same construction, although there may be slight differences in the general shape thereof due to the space in the stove it occupies, and therefore it is thought that a description of one closet and the space in the stove it occupies will be sufficient for all the closets.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 2, 3 and 4, of the drawings, the spaces in the stoves `occupied by the closets have been designated by the reference character 19, said spaces being closed at the top, bottom and inner end, said'top, bottoni and end being composed of two spaced apart metal sheets having an interposed sheet of insulating material. Each side of the bottom of the spaces carries an upstanding substantially Z-shaped vtrack or runway 20--21 between the vertical portions of which are mounted a plurality of rollers 22, said rollers being arranged so that their surfaces will project slightly above the tops of the said tracks or runways.

The closets proper are preferably of a rectangular shapeand are formed of spacedapart metal sheets between which a sheet or layer of insulating material is interposed, and their fronts or entrances, are sealed through the mediumpof an inner and an outer door 23-24 respectively, said doors being sufficiently spaced apart to permit of an air space V25 being formed therebetween. Preferably said doors are formed of inner and outer sheets of metal and an interposed sheet of insulating material. The outer door 24 has a hinge connection 26 with the outside sheet of the closet, and the inner door has a similar connection 27 with the inner sheet of the closet. Preferably the inner sheet of the closet, designated by the numeral. 28 has its ends of semi-circular shape, as at 29-29, which permits of the inner door 28 being considerably smaller than the outer door 24, so that the same may be readilyuopened.

The sides of the closets are provided with substantially L-shaped guiding and retaining lugs or keepers 30 which are arranged in a pendent position and engage with the under surface ot' the tops of the tracks or runways and serve to retain the said closets in contact with the rollers 22. Said guiding and retaining lugs or keepers 30 also serve to prevent the closets being drawn too far out by contacting with the upstanding Yflange 3l vat the front oi the closet space when the said closet is in its outermost position. To facilitate the placing oi the closets in their space, the ends ol' the tracks 20-21 terminate adjacent to the upstanding l'lange 3l at the iront oi' the said space, so that the retaining and guiding lugs or keepers may be dropped into their track or runway engaging position, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 5 a modified lorin ol closet has been shown, the mounting, or track-engaging features ol' which are the same as that described with reference to the preterred l'orni of the invention, but instead of having access had to the interior through iront doors, it is proposed having a top lid hinged thereto as indicated at 33. As in the said preferred -l'ornis ol' the invention, the closet shown in Fig. 5 is composed ol' inner and outer sheets ol' inetal and an interposed sheet of insulating material.

The stove or range above described possesses advantages for use in connection with the retaining ol' cooked or partially cooked articles in the vessels they have been cooked in, in which case the said articles are iirst given a preliminary cooking in the ordinary manner, and then renioved iron the stove and placed in the closets. Said closets bel ing in such a position that they will be always in a warm condition, it will be readily understood that the saine subserve all the i'unctions oi' what is known as the iireless cookers.7

In Fig. G ol' the accompanying drawings a cooking utensil has been shown which is specially adapted for use in connection with the present invention. rSaid vessels or utensils being provided with heat insulating walls a, non-insulated bottoni l), and insulated lid or cover c. Said cover c being retained in position by a screw clamp et which engages with ilanges e of the utensil wall.

Claims:

l. A. cooking stove or range provided with a plurality oll insulated warming closet spaces, supporting means in said closet spaces, and

a warming closet in each oll said spaces and provided with guides adapted to slidably engage with said supporting means.

2. A cooking stove or range provided with a plurality oi warming closet spaces, a runway in each oi said spaces, and a warming closet in each of said closet spaces and having depending guides adapted to slidably engage with said runway.

3. A cooking stove or range proridcd with a plurality ol' insulated warming closet spaces, tracks in said spaces, anti-friction devices mounted between said tracks, a warming closet in each olI said spaces and supported upon said anti-friction devices, and guiding devices carried by said closets and slidably engaging said tracks.

4. A cooking stove or range provided with a plurality ol' insulated warming closet spaces, tracks or runways in each ol' said spaces, antilriction rollers mounted between saidI tracks or runways, a warming closet iu each ol' said spaces and supported upon said rollers, and a slidable connection between said closets and said tracks o'r runways.

5. A cooking stove or range provided with a plurality ol insulated warming closet spaces, tracks or runways in each ol' said spaces, unti- Ylrictio rollers mounted between said tracks or runways with their surl'aces projecting above the tops oll said tracks or runways, a warming closet mounted in each ol' said spaces and supported by said rollers, and retaining and guiding lugs or keepers carried by said closets and slidably engaging with said tracks or runways.

6. A cooking stove or range provided with a plurality ol' insulated warming closet spaces, tracks or runways in each ol' said spaces, a warming closet in each ot said spaces, a slidable connection between said closets and said tracks or runways, said closets being provided with inner and outer spaced apart doors l'orniing an air space between thorn.

7. A cooking stove or range provided with warming closet spaces, warming closets slidably mounted in sai d spaces, said closets being termed ol' inner and outer soaced apart metal sheets having insulating material interposed between them, and inner and outer doors carried by said spaced apart sheets and arranged to have an air space between them.

ln testimony whereoll l allx my signature in presence ol' two witnesses.

HARRY CLEVELAND.

'Vitnesses J. W. Lncnom, R. A. Morr.

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